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International standards

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), General recommendation No. 19
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children Protocol to The Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking: E/2002/68/Add.1
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)

Regional Instruments

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International Standards

Individual Complaints Model Questionnaire

Consultations with civil society

Feature stories

Issues in focus

Cooperation between global and regional women’s rights mechanisms

Stop violence against women in politics

Shelters and Protection Orders

Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women

Online violence against women

Modalities for the establishment of femicides/gender-related killings watch

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